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A coalition united by a shared commitment to the struggle.

Founded on the principle that every social and economic issue is linked.

Students for a Democratic Society is a coalition of activists, organizers, and aspiring revolutionaries. We work tirelessly to connect housing, climate change, tuition costs, foreign policy, racism, capitalism, and conflicts thousands of miles away into a single interconnected system of oppression.

Our members devote countless hours to writing statements, attending meetings, planning protests, and creating Instagram graphics that will be viewed by nearly dozens of people.

Through direct action, indirect action, symbolic action and performative action we strive to challenge systems of power and oppression.

Together, we are building a better future, one protest at a time.

The six SDS principles that explain everything™

A complete moral framework, requiring no further reading.

01Everything is connected
02Everything is colonialism
03Everything is capitalism
04Everything is genocide
05Everything is urgent
06Everything is someone else's fault
"Meaningful change begins with awareness, continues with awareness, and culminates in awareness."
— Mr. S.D. Ess (Founder of SDS)

Preparing the next generation of activists for successful careers in today's economy.

Our members develop valuable real-world skills including arguing with strangers, reposting infographics, interrupting speakers, and blaming capitalism for the consequences of their own decisions.

While traditional students waste their time pursuing marketable skills, internships, and professional development, SDS members gain something far more valuable: the power of the struggle.

Our graduates leave campus equipped with the tools necessary to spend the next twenty years complaining about the system while relying on it for absolutely everything.

Where Our Alumni Are Now

Distinguished post-graduate placements, self-reported.

Food service
Rideshare driving
Coffee preparation
Freelance unemployment
Professional protesting
Lifelong graduate study
Basement political theory
Posting full-time
"Employers consistently recognize the unique talents our members bring to the workforce, including an inability to arrive on time, a refusal to follow instructions, and extensive experience explaining why every workplace expectation is actually a form of oppression."

A rigorous framework for understanding wealth.

Our members have developed a precise, scientific scale for evaluating anyone who has more money than they do.

Anyone with more money than you
is rich.
Those with slightly more money
are privileged.
Those with significantly more money
are oppressors.
And billionaires
are personally responsible for nearly every inconvenience experienced by humanity since the invention of agriculture.

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